I can haz ENG?

[Bruno Solaja]

Personaly, I see Scarlet as perfect ENG cam...if:
1080 RGB will be recording option,controlable B4 hd lens,flash and ssd recording media,
"good enough" audio...

If one have the time and post solution,shoot RAW.

But I am afraid that RED do not want 1080 RGB in their cameras...

[Stefan Christou]

An AVC-Intra or XDCAM-EX module would help. The thing about ENG is broadcasters want someone else to do it first, and they want something that is pretty widespread.

I can see small market stations taking on the fixed scarlet with glee so long as they can get a cheap proxy module that records in a format they already use. This happened with Panasonic and HVX-200s back in the day.

T'other thing is that a lot of news on big stations is recorded by freelance camera guys, who need to be able to give away the media they use to record on and who do not want to shoot on expensive media like P2.

Hence why Sony is doing well with Professional Disks for ENG.

I too would love a shoulder mounted Red with expendable media. Maybe we could shoot to MMC+ cards?

[Jeff Coatney]

There's really never been a good ENG camera. The ideal ENG camera should have 6 to 8 tracks of 48khz stereo sound, discreetly pre-balanced for complete autonomous (and automated) sound recording with a switchable option to record 5.1 in user-babysitting mode. It should record RAW at 1080p at 30fps. It should have a 2 second start-up instant recording option and multiple, hot swap-able CF card slots. I'd call this panic-mode. It should be have high ISO sensitivity and on-board LED's for lighting (maybe in a ring config around the lens) It should be capable of night-vision (both IR and starlight mode, with the required illumination). It should be water tight to three meters, impervious to dust and have a 30x optical zoom. It should be priced below $10,000. The housing should be desert tan or olive drab and the optics should have non-reflective coatings. It should have 30 hours of stand-by battery life, a wireless remote, all the GPS and Compass data, and an option for a satellite modem for instant upload or streaming. It should fit in the overhead bin, along with a change of clothes or two and should include a solar panel and a hand-crank generator to top off the battery in Afghanistan. Why should the military have all the fun?

[Eki Halkka]

Dunno... to me personally, an ENG module like suggested actually sounds like a Very Good Idea (TM). It's not THAT much different as a concept from the separate camera head / recording back combos that already exist, and are readily accepted by the ENG oriented folks. It could generate a metric s-load of sales. Maybe.

[Ryan Sims]

There's really never been a good ENG camera. The ideal ENG camera should have 6 to 8 tracks of 48khz stereo sound, discreetly pre-balanced for complete autonomous (and automated) sound recording with a switchable option to record 5.1 in user-babysitting mode. It should record RAW at 1080p at 30fps. It should have a 2 second start-up instant recording option and multiple, hot swap-able CF card slots. I'd call this panic-mode. It should be have high ISO sensitivity and on-board LED's for lighting (maybe in a ring config around the lens) It should be capable of night-vision (both IR and starlight mode, with the required illumination). It should be water tight to three meters, impervious to dust and have a 30x optical zoom. It should be priced below $10,000. The housing should be desert tan or olive drab and the optics should have non-reflective coatings. It should have 30 hours of stand-by battery life, a wireless remote, all the GPS and Compass data, and an option for a satellite modem for instant upload or streaming. It should fit in the overhead bin, along with a change of clothes or two and should include a solar panel and a hand-crank generator to top off the battery in Afghanistan. Why should the military have all the fun?

This sounds a lot like a Scarlet to me.

[David Rasberry]

Personaly, I see Scarlet as perfect ENG cam...if:
1080 RGB will be recording option,controlable B4 hd lens,flash and ssd recording media,
"good enough" audio...

If one have the time and post solution,shoot RAW.

But I am afraid that RED do not want 1080 RGB in their cameras...

1080RGB is an announced feature of all the new models. So yes it will be there.
How about the H.264 module for live streaming to the net from the news site? Add 3G or 4G cell dongle and you are good to go from almost anywhere.

[Ray Palin]

If RED could come up with an archival recording format, something like XDcam disk, only better, that would be great for TV stations as well as Feature producers. A camera module recording to this archival format directly would be ideal. No need to find archival formats in post, for ENG you just want to hand over something at the end of a shoot straight away (preferably not a whole hard drive or an expensive memory card) and move on to your next shoot. Is Red Ray this solution? Is Red Ray now only a Hard Drive solution or is there a Disk option?

[Bruno Solaja]

well guys,my broadcaster finaly decided to make the big step forward...
we are switching to 16x9 SD

so we have to buy 16x9 SD cameras...

what year is it ???

and somebody said that 1080 is not good enough :-)

[DCC Erickson]

well guys,my broadcaster finaly decided to make the big step forward...
we are switching to 16x9 SD

so we have to buy 16x9 SD cameras...

what year is it ???

and somebody said that 1080 is not good enough :-)

Oh man. Sooooooo sorry.

[Bruno Solaja]

is there a forum for TV babies...
looks like I am spending my time at the wrong place

I feel so stupid

well,on the bright side,I can shoot with my nokia n95...
I only wish it have interchangeable lenses...